Lane Hall Exhibit playfully explores the intersections of art, feminism, and the STEM field
Come explore the intricate and interlocking world of Sarah Buckius’ “!!!techn010ffspring!!!” where feminist art meets science and the history of invention. On view at Lane Hall as part of U-M Arts Initiative’s themed semester on Arts & Resistance, “!!!techn010ffspring!!!” critiques the patriarchal paradigms of the STEM field by highlighting the history of women inventors. This exhibition ...
Lane Hall Artwork moves to UMMA
For nearly 20 years, Joanne Leonard’s 22-foot-long scroll, Reel Family, has graced the back hallway of Lane Hall’s first floor. Visitors, students, and building occupants have admired and studied the delicate texts and images that spread out like a timeline. Leonard created her photo-collage in 1999 and gifted the piece to IRWG and the Department ...
Portraits of Feminism in Japan features original works by contemporary artists
February 16, 2023 A new art exhibit in the University of Michigan’s Lane Hall interrogates current and historical feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among ...
“I have a crisis for you”: Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War
An exhibit curated by Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz Featuring work by Kinder Album, JT Blatty, Oksana Briukhovetska (MFA, Stamps School of Art and Design), Oksana Kazmina, Sonya Hukaylo, Svetlana Lavochkina, Kateryna Lisovenko, and Lyuba Yakimchuk August 25—December 16, 2022 Lane Hall Exhibit Space (open M-F, 9am-4pm) 204 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 ...
Invisible Women: Portraits of Aging in Ukraine
Invisible Women: Portraits of Aging in Ukraine Photographs by Ashley Bigham and Watercolors by Grace Mahoney Lane Hall Gallery 204 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290 Thursday April 28–Thursday August 18, 2022 Weekdays, 8am-4pm In this exhibition, artists Bigham and Mahoney investigate the visibility and social role of Ukraine’s older generation of women embodied ...
Call for Nominations: Nominate an Exhibit or Artist for the Lane Hall Exhibit Space for Winter 2023
The Women’s and Gender Studies Department and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender invite nominations for an exhibit to be hosted in the Lane Hall Exhibit Space from January–July 2023. Proposed exhibits should be broadly related to issues of women and gender. The nomination period for the Winter Semester exhibit is April 1 ...
Updates from IRWG-Mcubed Research Incentive Grants
August 2020 Earlier this year, we awarded six Mcubed faculty teams over $48,000 in additional funding and support to incorporate gender or feminist perspectives into their existing research projects. While COVID-19 interrupted many of the projects, two projects were able to continue some of their work and reported back this summer. Anonymous Autonomous Did you know ...